Fall is here!!

So for starters, I'm trying to find a template I like for this here blog. I didn't really find one I loved, so I will probably be messing around with the backgrounds and stuff until I find one that suits me! I don't really know what I'm doing either, I'm just pushing buttons and trying to figure stuff out :)

I LOVE fall. I love when the weather starts to get a little chilly, and the colors all start to change. I love Halloween and Thanksgiving. Mainly because it's the start of baking season! I love to bake, and this time of year is prime baking time. I love halloween, although I never dress up. I bought a costume for my friends Halloween party last year, but I think that was the first time I had dressed up since I was a teenager. I looked like a dork too. Although I'm not into dressing up, I still love it. Every year since I've been dating Judd I've had my niece and nephew over on a Saturday night before Halloween to decorate cookies and carve pumpkins. My family started coming with them and last year I made a couple pots of homemade chili and we layed down lots of plastic and had a pumpkin carving party in my front room. It was a lot of fun. I love doing it. It's coming up this year, and my dad wants to do deep fried chicken or turkey instead of chili. Let me tell you the deep fried chicken experience....

My dad bought Judd and I a deep fryer earlier this year because I told him to bring his up to our house and we'd do chickens. Instead of bringing his he just bought us one. Okay, that's fine with me :) So Judd had his buddy over on New Years and he had brined a bunch of chickens and brought his fryer over and made us the BEST chicken I had ever had. I was determined to recreate this delightful chicken for my family. So I made the brine, threw the chickens in there, and got everything ready for my family to come up and have a great dinner. We started the chickens when my dad got here, and at first I thought it was going really good. They were taking forever to cook though, and starting to get burned on the outside. When we would pull them out they were still pink on the inside. I didn't know how we were failing so bad, but we were. So by the end of the night we had a bunch of burnt raw chickens. I had read the directions, had the temp right where it said to, and thought I had done everything right. So now my dad wants to try again and redeem ourselves from the disaster that was our chicken last time.

So now I'm stressing about the chicken. I don't like having thing go wrong when I'm entertaining, and undercooked chicken is definately on the "went wrong" list. So I either need to try it out before they come over and make sure I've got it right, or tell them we're having chili again and avoid the problem. I guess I have to face the deep fried bird sometime, might as well be now right? Maybe I'll just have a pot of chili on reserve, just in case!

Having my family over to carve pumpkins, eat a good meal, decorate cookies, and visit is one of my favorite things about fall! I'm getting excited, because after that means Thanksgiving, then Christmas. I love both of them! Christmas shopping is one of my all time favorite things to do! Only for Judd and the nieces and nephew, everyone else is stressful and too hard to shop for!

So once I start my Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas cooking and baking of treats and goodies, I'll post my favorite ones for you all to try if you'd like! I better get started, family comes over next weekend!!

Well... I guess it's time to start updating my blog!

I guess I created an account who knows how long ago, then never did anything with it. I have no kids so my life really isn't going to be that interesting, but I'm going to blog about it anyway. :)
Judd and I got married last year, on July 31, 2010. We have one year of marriage under our belt and a lifetime more to come! I love him more and more everyday and I still can't believe I have been so lucky as to snag him. He's the man of my dreams and I can't wait until he's the worlds best husband AND dad! We're waiting until I'm further in school to take the mom/dad plunge, but we're both excited for when that day comes. We do have 2 "daughters", our 6 year old chocolate lab Kc and our 10 week old boxer Stitch. They keep us entertained for now. Puppies are hard work, a baby would be easier. When they wake up in the middle of the night I don't have to throw them in the grass and stand there for 20 minutes while I wait for them to do their thing. Plus I'll have help! I don't make Judd get up with the puppy unless I'm not home, but when it's our child he'll get half the duty too!

Judd and I met in the Air Force reserves in June 2008 where we are both medics. We dated for a year and a half until we got engaged, then the next summer we tied the knot. He loves hunting, camping, 4 wheeling, softball, watching football, and hanging out with me :) I like cooking and baking, and I'm getting more into crafts and sewing. I live to entertain and have people over, and spending time with my family. We live in Hyrum Utah in a little red brick house with our 2 dogs, 1 cat, and occasional beef cow. He is a weekend supervisor at Tremonton Autoliv and I am a unit clerk at Cache Valley Specialty Hospital. I'm currently doing my prerequisites for nursing school.

So there is a little background about us! I will from here on out keep my blog updated so if anyone is interested you can take a look! P.s. I typed this on the iPhone which I am AWFUL at typing on so hopefully there aren't too many mistakes!
Shani <3